Title
Company Secretary and Associate Producer
Becky was educated at Sevenoaks School in Kent and St Edmund Hall, Oxford University where she read English Language and Literature and was elected to an Exhibition Scholarship.
After graduating in 2001, she went to work for the Caroline Davidson Literary Agency as a trainee literary agent; talent-spotting, editing and developing manuscripts, liaising with authors, and pitching and selling authors' work to publishers.
In 2002, Becky began working as a Development Researcher and Assistant Producer for the international independent production company, September Films. There she helped to create, develop and sell a wide range of factual entertainment formats for UK and US broadcasters. From September Films, Becky moved to the BBC’s factual entertainment "ideas team", selling prime-time ideas to BBC commissioners and then to several independent production companies including Cineflix International, Shine and Transworld International (the UK’s largest independent).
In 2005 Becky moved into brand consultancy, working for a range of clients within sectors from retail (Sony, HMV) to media (BBC, Channel 4, Endemol). She currently works at international market research company Synovate, researching and writing trend-based reports for the 16-24 demographic on topics such as celebrity culture and media consumption.
Her debut novel, The Art of Losing is to be published as a lead title by Fourth Estate in Spring 2009.
Filmography
A Fitting Tribute [Assc Prod]
(UK, 2007, 13mins, short)
Nightwalking [Assc Prod]
(UK, 2007, 3mins, short)
Amelia and Michael [Assc Prod]
(UK, 2007, 10mins, short)
Family Contract [Dev Res]
(BBC1, 2006, 5x30, factual)
Anne Widdecombe to the Rescue [Dev Res]
(BBC2, 2006, 5x30, factual)
Job for the Slob [Dev Res]
(BBC3, 2006, 5x30, factual)
Holiday Home Nightmares [Dev Asst Prod]
(BBC Daytime, 2005, 5x30, factual)
The Domestic Army [Dev Asst Prod]
(ITV, 2005, 5x30, factual)
What the Beckhams Did For Us [Dev Asst Prod]
(E4, 2005, 5x30, factual)
Celebrity Bodies [Dev Asst Prod]
(Trouble, 2004, 5x30, factual)
Cosmetic Surgery ER [Dev Asst Prod]
(Discovery, 2004, 5x30, factual)